A few thoughts about a few Shakespeare plays.

Antony and Cleopatra

• Antony and Cleopatra’s Fatal Role-Play

Julius Caesar

• Political Realities in Julius Caesar
• What Shakespeare Did With Plutarch

Macbeth

• Is Lady Macbeth so ‘Fiend-like’?
• Is Malcolm the Ideal King?

Much Ado About Nothing

• Rotten Oranges: the Commodification of Women in Much Ado

Twelfth Night

• Gender-Bending in Twelfth Night

Further reading

Recommendations in a blogpost on Shakespeare’s birthday
Blogpost on new sonnets responding to Shakespeare’s
Blogpost on The Tempest
Blogpost on the Fascination of Shakespeare